December 13 News international

Tuesday 13 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Newly elected Tunisian President Marzouki to be sworn in today The Newly elected President Moncef Marzouki will be sworn in Tuesday at the Presidential palace inCarthage, a month and a half after the north African country held its first post-revolution election. HEADLINES US would have no military bases in Iraq, says Obama  The US would have no military bases inside Iraq once it withdraws its troops from the country but will continue to have a strong presence in the Middle East, President Barack Obama has said. Syrians go to polls amid strikes, killings  Syrians were voting on Monday in municipal elections held amid a general strike called by the opposition and as security forces killed another seven people as they pursued a crackdown on dissent. Al-Qaida militants escape in Yemen prison break  Several al-Qaida militants escaped early on Monday from a prison in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, officials said, tunneling their way out in the second such spectacular jailbreak this year. Netanyahu backs law to ban loudspeakers at mosques  In a controversial move, Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his support for a proposed law that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers to call people to pray, stressing that "there is no need to be more liberal than Europe". AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES UN climate meet clears landmark deal to combat global warming Durban deal 'important advance' in tackling climate change: Ban Protests in Russia, 45 detained so far  Pak Army takes over Shamsi airbase after Americans leave